What is "kannel"

In computing, Kannel is an open source WAP gateway. It provides the essential part of the WAP infrastructure as open source software to everyone so that the market potential for WAP services, both from wireless operators and specialized service providers, will be realized as efficiently as possible.

Kannel also works as an SMS gateway for GSM networks. Almost all GSM phones can send and receive SMS messages, so this is a way to serve many more clients than just those using WAP.

Kannel may refer to:

• Kannel (telecommunications), an open source Wireless Application Protocol ( WAP) and Short Message Service ( SMS) gateway for UNIX operating systems.
• Kannel (instrument), an Estonian zither similar to the Finnish kantele
• Theophilus Van Kannel, an American who invented the revolving door

The kannel is an Estonian plucked zither, one of the family of Baltic psalteries which includes the Finnish kantele, Russian gusli, the Latvian kokle and the Lithuanian kanklės. The Estonian kannel has a variety of traditional tunings. In Estonia, studying the kannel has made a resurgence after some years of decline.